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South Korea's Response to COVID-19 vs the United States'
Posted on April 26, 2020 by ioberman
Ava Rosenow
South Korea and the United States have taken very different approaches to control the spread of Coronavirus, and as we see the outcomes of both of these methods, it has become clear which one was superior. While the number of new cases in the US each day is still rising, South Korea has seen a decline for the past 5 weeks. Their efficient procedure has made them an international success story, while the US is being used as a prime example of what not to do.
South Korea saw its first confirmed case on January 20th, but the real wake-up call came with "Patient 31." Patient 31 was a so-called "super-spreader," as she happened to be in contact with an immense amount of people leading up to her diagnosis on February 18th, hundreds of whom later tested positive for the virus. Despite this seemingly uncontrollable spread, South Korea was able to locate possibly infected people through a process called Contact Tracing. In a typical use of contact tracing, when someone has been diagnosed with Coronavirus public health workers will reach out to the individual, make sure that they are in isolation, and figure out who they may have been in contact with. South Korea takes this a step further by using GPS from cars and phones, security camera footage and credit card records to trace the patient's steps. Then, a health worker will reach out to those people to make sure they are aware of the situation, monitor their symptoms, and, for someone who was in close contact, mandate them to quarantine for 14 days.
To enforce this strict protocol, South Korea has developed apps that have timelines of the buses every citizen takes, stops they get off, stores they go into, etc. This means that even if a health official fails to contact an individual who came into contact with someone who was COVID-19 positive, that individual can track their own movements and be alerted to this contact.
Finally, in contact tracing, an official will do a follow-up. The follow-up changes from country to country, but in South Korea, a government case officer checks in twice a day, and an app on the patient's phone will notify their officer if they leave quarantine, which will result in a fine of up to $2,500. This method, while strict, played a large role in South Korea's success, as it ensured that there were fewer people like Patient 31.
Another large part of South Korea's success is its unparalleled testing procedure. They jumped into testing almost immediately, instituting thermal temperature scans in many large buildings, such as apartments, hotels, and office buildings, to make sure that no one has a fever. Further, their walk-in testing centers are extremely safe for doctors, and very efficient. For example their drive-through test center only takes 10 minutes and results are available the next day. Moreover, testing is free, further encouraging people to get tested. As of April 19th, South Korea has tested 559,109 people, around 1% of its 51.2 million person population, and by April 10th was producing 100,000 test kits a day. Additionally, the South Korean government has remained clear and transparent about the dangers of the virus, the current situation in the country, and what prevention measures are being taken, ensuring cooperation from the public during quarantines and evacuations. The president, Moon Jae-in, has taken a step back, and is letting health officials make the decisions, showing his willingness to take Coronavirus seriously.
The response of the US, however, is not so commendable. The first confirmed case in the US was only two days after South Korea, on January 22nd, but while South Koreans were advised to take caution because the virus poses a serious threat, President Trump reported that "We have it under control. It's going to be just fine," and the US failed to enact any of the three steps in South Korea's effective procedure.
#1: Contact Tracing: The US just does not do it on a wide scale basis so people like "Patient 31" walk around in crowded areas infecting people, oblivious to the fact that they were even exposed to the virus.
#2: Testing: Despite the fact that CDC produced the first Coronavirus test at around the same time as other public health departments around the world, the US soon fell behind. Tests were being shipped at a lethargic pace compared to the rest of the world, and then, to make matters worse, it was revealed that the tests were actually inaccurate and unusable. It took until February 28 for the FDA rules that prohibited private companies from developing their own tests to be rolled back, but by then it was too late. Lack of testing had already caused cases in the US to skyrocket for two reasons. First, because many schools, restaurants, workplaces, and other public spaces were still open, giving people who did not know they were infected the opportunity to walk around and spread the virus, and secondly, because, without testing, health officials were unable to get an accurate picture of just how bad the infection rates were in the US. As of right now, the US has finally tested the same percent of the population as South Korea (1%), but while only 0.02% of South Korea's population tested positive, 0.2% of the US's did, making our rate of positive tests over 10x higher, proving that the US is doing too little too late.
#3: Transparency: This was the step that the US has failed most, other than the Contact Tracing, President Trump continuously reported that Coronavirus was a minor threat and that the US had it under control, despite numerous medical professionals, including renowned infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, telling him the exact opposite. These statements not only lured US citizens into a false sense of security, which led to the mass spread of the virus during festivals like Mardi Gras and Saint Patrick's Day, but also diminished any trust that people had in the government once they realized that they had been lied to. Now, with 42 states and select cities in 3 additional states issuing shelter in place orders, the US is finally taking the necessary steps towards controlling the virus, but only time will tell the price of our governments' delayed action.
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As darkness falls on a hot humid evening in the US Virgin Islands, a tropical shower passes overhead, splashing large drops of warm rain onto the huge expanse of deck of MV Edamgracht, the freighter which will transport Juno back across the Atlantic to Palma, Mallorca. Juno's hull stands high above us, nestled in a steel cradle and secured with a spider's web of yellow straps which are ratcheted down to strong points on the steel deck. A team of Filipino deck hands in red boiler suits swarm around us and an arc welder sparks as the cradle is fixed into position. We cast one final look over the fixings and pick our way across the deck and down a gangway onto the dock where Hans is waiting. As we climb into his open Jeep the heavens open and a torrential downpour thunders down on us and we head for our hotel.
It had been a long frustrating wait but finally Sevenstar confirmed the date that Juno is to be loaded onto the ship. Fatty and I fly out to Tortola where Juno is docked in the marina in Sopers Hole. While we wait to hear our final arrangements for loading we have a few days in hand so we meet up with our good friends from Fabiola; Gill, Lisa and their two boys, Cameron and Samuel. They are sailing back to the Mediterranean via Bermuda and the Azores on the final leg of their year-long Atlantic circuit. We have really enjoyed their company and over lunch in Manchioneel Bay on Cooper Island we make a plan to meet up again in Ibiza in July. We spend our wedding anniversary on the mooring off Cooper Island and the following morning we set off back to Tortola and then on to the US.
The US immigration authorities require us to complete an on-line application before entering the country on a so-called Signatory Carrier so that we can be issued with visas under the visa-waiver programme. A Signatory Carrier is either a commercial aircraft or a ship, so we catch the ferry from West End, Tortola to Cruz Bay on the US island of St John where we are interrogated, fingerprinted and sent on our way with our passports bearing yet another stamp, this one allowing us to enter the US for up to 90 days. We return to Tortola, say goodbye to Olly, Emily, and Doug at Admiral Marine and check out once again from the BVI customs and immigration office. A short sail back across to St Johns where we pick up a mooring in Caneel Bay and dinghy back again to the customs office to clear into the US. Even armed with our visas it is no less tortuous a process with more fingerprints, more surly immigration officers and yet another form to be completed in blue or black ink.
I was going to refrain from commenting further on Customs officers but while writing this I just can't resist. With the exception of the French, customs and immigration across the length of the Caribbean islands are hostile, surly and inefficient. They treat visitors like criminals despite the fact that we are entering their country to spend significant amounts of money, something that their economies rely on as most islands' sole source of income is tourism. Even my local taxi driver in Tortola concurred 'dey become monsters as soon as dey put on de uniform' he says in disgust. Considering that immigration officers are the first people that tourists meet when they arrive in a country you might think that they would want to give a good first impression, but no. The British islands are probably the worst, with outdated systems inherited from the Victorian civil service which have been further embellished rather than modernised; we find ourselves struggling with multiple sheets of carbon paper, forms that vary from island to island and we are even charged overtime if we arrive later than 3pm. By contrast on arrival at a French island, we go to one of the many café's that act as immigration points, fill out a form on a computer, hand five Euros to the cashier and we are welcomed to France. If I was in charge of tourism on a Caribbean island the first thing I would do is to train customs and immigration officers not to bite the hand that feeds.
The US Virgin Islands, comprising St John, St Thomas and St Croix were acquired from Denmark in 1917 for the sum of twenty-five million dollars and much to our surprise they have escaped some of the stamp of imperialism and to this day they still drive on the left-hand side of the road. St John was acquired by the Rockefeller foundation and made into a national park; as a result it has been protected from the ravages of US commerce and is very beautiful. We swim ashore in Caneel bay in crystal clear water and spend a lovely evening down below in air conditioned splendour packing our bags for the our journey home. Our load time is confirmed for 4pm the following day so we leave Caneel Bay early and motor across to the Island of St Thomas where we drop anchor in sight of MV Edamgracht which has just arrived and is tied up at the dock. We remove the bimini and spray hood, fit the cover to the tender and hang all our fenders on our port side as instructed by the loadmaster. We watch the first yacht being loaded, the ships crane plucking it from the sea and slowly easing it into position. We are number four in the queue and at our allotted time we motor slowly across and tie up against the red steel topsides of the ship which towers above us. Securing straps are thrown down onto our deck and under the expert guidance of Vanessa, the loadmaster, a diver guides the lifting straps into place and the lift begins.
The ships master, an avuncular Dutchman, receives instructions from Vanessa, and coordinates the gang of Filipinos and the crane driver who sits in a capsule fifty feet above the deck, controlling the huge crane from which Juno is suspended. I can't help looking at the large sign that says SWL (safe working load) 40 Tons, not a lot to spare with Juno fully laden at 32 tons. At last Juno is lowered onto the cradle and we breathe a sigh of relief. We hear that the ship is stopping at Tenerife and then Agadir to unload paper cargo before reaching Palma, Mallorca in about two weeks when we will be there to take delivery. The only piece of electronic equipment left switched on is the Yellowbrick satellite tracker so we will be able to monitor her progress as she heads home for a summer in the Med.
It must be like leaving your precious child with a babysitter that has been well recommended but you don't personally know!! Delighted Juno is now on her way back to Europe. Cx
Brilliant photo's. I do hope its a relatively calm passage......
The fishing trip looks like hell!!

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· Indian-origin American Abhimanyu Mishra has become the youngest-ever chess Grandmaster in the world. At 12 years, four months and 25 days, he obliterated the long-standing record held by Sergey Karjakin, who was 12 years and seven months old when he attained the title. Three years ago, India's R Praggnanandhaa had almost surpassed him but missed the opportunity by a whisker.
· Indian wrestler Sumit Malik was banned for two years by the sport's world governing body UWW after his B sample also returned positive for a prohibited stimulant.
· Top para high-jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu was named the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent in the Tokyo Paralympics, which begins on August 24.
· Karsten Warholm, a 25-year-old athlete from Norway, broke the long-standing world record in the 400m hurdles during the Bislett Games. Earlier the record was held by American hurdler Kevin Young for 29 years. His mark of 46.78 seconds was set at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, which was finally broken with an official time of 46.70 seconds by Warholm.
· India captain Mithali Raj became the highest run-getter in women's cricket across formats, overtaking former England skipper Charlotte Edwards. Mithali became the world's most prolific batter in women's internationals, overtaking Edwards' 10,273 runs. Suzie Bates of New Zealand is third with 7849 runs. Stafanie Taylor (7832) and Meg Lanning (7024) round up the top five.
· Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, the ninth race of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship season. Verstappen won the race ahead of Mercedes-AMG's Valtteri Bottas and McLaren's Lando Norris. Lewis Hamilton – Bottas' teammate and Verstappen's challenger for the 2021 Drivers' championship – came home in fourth place.
· MC Mary Kom, the six-time world boxing champion, and Manpreet Singh, the men's hockey team skipper, will be India's flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, announced Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Bajrang Punia, a silver medallist at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, will be the flag-bearer at the closing ceremony on August 8.
· Veteran England fast bowler James Anderson has added another feather to his cap as he completed 1000 wickets in first-class cricket. Anderson achieved the rare feat during Lancashire's County Championship clash against Kent in Manchester. Anderson is the leading wicket-taker among pacers in Test cricket. In 162 Tests, the England great has claimed 617 wickets at an average of 26.67 with 30 five-fors and three 10-wicket match hauls.
· The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released a financial grant of Rs 100 crore to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), which will be used to build India's second-largest cricket stadium. The facility, which will be second to the recently inaugurated Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, is set to be built in Jaipur. The construction of the new stadium is likely to be completed within 24-30 months from commencement.
· Women's Asian Cup in India will be held in Mumbai and Pune after the Asian Football Confederation dropped Bhubaneswar and Ahemdabad as venues to minimise the travelling time for participants and ensure an "optimum environment" for a bio-secure bubble. The Mumbai Football Arena at the Andheri Sports Complex and the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune have been chosen as the new venues.
· The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has decided to grant recognition to WAKO India Kickboxing Federation as National Sports Federation (NSF) for promotion and development of the Kickboxing sport in India. To be fully included and accepted in the Olympic movement is important for the recognition and development of the sport of kickboxing.
· Lionel Messi-led Argentina beat Neymar's Brazil 1-0 to win the Copa America final match, held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. With this win, Lionel Messi has secured his first major international trophy. The 2021 Copa America was the 47th edition of the annual international men's football championship organised by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL.
· Bangladesh cricketer Mahmudullah Riyad has announced his retirement from Test cricket in the middle of Bangladesh's one-off Test match against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. Mahmudullah made his Test debut in 2009 during Bangladesh's tour of the West Indies.
· Indian-American Samir Banerjee has won the Wimbledon Junior Men`s title at Number 1 Court. He defeated Victor Lilov of America by 7-5, 6-3 in the Junior Men`s finals to lift the trophy at All England Club.
· The state government of Haryana will organise the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in February 2022. Earlier the sports show was scheduled to be held from November 21 to December 5, 2021, but has been shifted due to the possible third wave of Covid-19 pandemic and keeping in mind that Khelo India Youth Games 2021 are to be held in the Under-18 category.
· The European Championship final pits England and Italy against each other. Italy won 3-2 on penalties. Italy, one of the most decorated teams in the world, have ended a few years of trophy drought. England, on the other hand, we're in uncharted territory.
· Portugal captain and modern-day great Cristiano Ronaldo won the Euro 2020 Golden Boot after finishing as the top-scorer in the tournament. Despite playing just four games, Ronaldo clinched the top honours as he scored five goals.
· The Badminton World Federation has allotted the BWF World Championships to India for 2026. This will be the second time that India will host the premier tournament, which is held every year except for the Olympic year. India had hosted the BWF World Championships in Hyderabad in 2009.
· Deepak Kabra has become the first Indian to be selected for judging the gymnastics competition of the Olympic Games, a life goal achieved for the man who knew he wouldn't have made it there as an active gymnast because of his not-so-strong fundamentals.
· Pakistan captain Babar Azam has altered the record books with the century he scored against England during the third ODI at Edgbaston. The Pakistan captain reached his 14th ton in his 81st ODI innings. Former South Africa opening batsman Amla had previously held the record who took 84 innings to reach this feat. Warner had taken 98 innings to get his 14th ODI ton while Kohli took 103 innings.
· The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has nominated Gokulam Kerala FC to represent India in the AFC Club Championship 2020-21. The winners of the Women League compete in the tournament but since it will not be held, the national federation nominated the champions of the fourth edition.
· Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain), won the British Grand Prix 2021, for a record-extending eighth time. The event was held on July 18, 2021, at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom.
· The International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Switzerland as members at its 78th Annual General Meeting. Mongolia and Tajikistan as the 22nd and 23rd members of the Asia region. Switzerland is Europe's 35th member. With the ICC now comprising 106 members in total, including 94 associates.
· Viswanathan Anand defeated Vladimir Kramnik to win the Sparkassen Trophy at Dortmund. Anand needed only a draw in the final game of the No-Castling Chess event, and he got it in 40 moves.
· The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has voted the Australian city of Brisbane as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. Brisbane is the third Australian city to host the Olympic Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
· Young wrestlers Aman Gulia and Sagar Jaglan emerged as the new world champions in their respective categories as India dished out an impressive show on the second day of the Cadet World Championship 2021 at Budapest, Hungary.
· Madhya Pradesh shooter, Rubina Francis has set a world record at the ongoing Para Sport Cup in Peru. She has won gold in the 10-metre air pistol para-event for women. Scoring 238.1 points, she went past the world record of Aysegul Pehlivanlar of Turkey. This win also secured her the quota for India at the Tokyo Summer Paralympics 2020.
· The Indian Olympic Association has roped in Adani Group as a sponsor for the Indian contingent at the ongoing Tokyo Games. IOA secretary general Rajiv Mehta, who is in Tokyo, announced the development.
· Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in weightlifting and became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games in the Women's 49kg category. China's Hou Zhihui clinched the gold medal.
· Yang Qian of China took gold in the women's 10m air rifle final to secure the first gold medal of the 2020 Summer Games at the Asaka Shooting Range on 24th July. Anastasiia Galashina of Russia won silver, while Nina Christen of Switzerland won the bronze medal.
· Indian Wrestler Priya Malik has won a Gold Medal at the 2021 World Cadet Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary.
· Japan's Yuto Horigome has won the first-ever skateboarding competition at the Olympic Games, taking gold in men's street event at the Ariake Urban Sport in Tokyo. Yuto overcame a shaky start to pocket the gold with 37.18 points. Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil won silver in the men's street skating competition, while Jagger Eaton of the United States clinched the bronze.
· Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days. Rayssa Leal (13 years and 203 days) of Brazil won silver and Funa Nakayama (16 years) of Japan clinched the bronze. The youngest gold medalist was Team USA's Marjorie Gestring at the 1936 games in Berlin. Gestring, only 13 years and 268 days old at the time, won gold in the women's diving competition.
· Vantika Agarwal has won the National Women Online Chess title. She scored 9.5 points from 11 rounds. Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal took the second spot and Tamil Nadu's Sreeja Seshadri secured the third spot in the competition.
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These enchiladas are delicious and different – and gluten-free.
Preheat your oven to a moderate 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a non-stick spray into a rectangular baking dish that would hold 8 enchiladas.
In a mixing bowl combine the drained black beans with minced garlic and lime juice. Toss to coat the beans and set aside.
In a separate bowl combine the smashed sweet potatoes with a tablespoon of chopped green chiles; add the spices. Season with sea salt and pepper.
To make a vegan sauce: combine the vegan broth with a tablespoon of rice flour or arrowroot; heat in the microwave till thickened. Whisk in the salsa verde. Add cumin.
Pour 1/4 cup of the sauce into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
Begin stuffing the warm (*see above) tortillas by laying the first tortilla in the sauced baking dish; wet it with the sauce to soften. Spoon 1/8 of the sweet potato mixture down the center. Top with 1/8 of the black beans. Wrap and roll the tortilla to the end of the baking dish. Repeat for the remaining tortillas. Top with the rest of the sauce. If you like, top with a sprinkle of GF vegan cheese.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the enchiladas are hot and bubbling. Serve with a crisp green salad spiked with Mandarin oranges or halved grapes.
Recipe(c)2005 by Karina Allrich; all rights reserved.


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Reports on open access to UK research commissioned by the Universities UK Open Access Coordination Group.
The second in a series of reports commissioned by the Universities UK Open Access Coordination Group, to examine recent trends in open access publishing.
We welcome the recognition by the funders that the Research Excellence Framework's (REF) primary focus is identifying research excellence, and is not intended to become an audit of all research produced in UK universities.
A progress report exploring the impact and experience of the concordat to support research integrity in the four years since its publication.
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All those engaged with research have a duty to consider how the work they undertake, host or support impacts on the research community and on wider society.
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New department takes responsibility for UK science
By Sarah Houlton2009-06-09T12:00:00+01:00
Science and business reunite as DIUS scrapped in UK government department reshuffle
The UK government reshuffle has reunited the departments responsible for business and science. It's less than two years since the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) was dismantled, but now its major constituent parts, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), are being merged to form the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, under the leadership of Lord Mandelson. Lord Drayson will continue as science minister.
Science had fallen under the remit of DIUS since its inception in 2007, but last week's statement announced the new department's responsibility for science and its commitment to 'continue to invest in the UK's world class science base, and develop strategies for commercialising more of that science'. According to the Royal Society of Chemistry's head of political affairs and government relations, Stephen Benn, it places science at the heart of government economic policy. With both Mandelson and Drayson in the House of Lords, science will be handled in the House of Commons by a minister of state in the department. Drayson has already stated that the science funding ring-fence is safe.
A consequence of the abolition of DIUS is that its select committee will also be abolished. 'In the rearrangement of parliamentary select committees we must make sure that science has a very strong voice,' Benn says. 'Because it is now such a big department, expanding BERR's select committee to include members from other areas could mean that science is squeezed out. That would be very bad for the scientific community. We have to be very careful that science doesn't lose out.'
Another warning note was sounded by the Royal Society's president, Martin Rees, who stressed that resources should not be diverted away from basic research. 'To maintain a flow of groundbreaking ideas and ensure that the UK remains competitive in attracting mobile talent, it is imperative that the science budget remains strong and ring-fenced,' he said. 'In the US, we have seen the positive impact of science being moved closer to the centre of the administration. It is time we followed suit.'
The Chemical Industries Association's chief executive, Steve Elliott, believes the merger will be good for industry. 'For a long time now I have stressed that government must make the UK a good place to do business,' he says. 'Three key elements of that are the political promotion and fairer regulation of companies - especially chemical and pharmaceutical businesses - the innovation culture, and the ability and skill level of all of us who work in the UK. I believe this move seeks to address those three enterprise drivers in a far more sensible way and I welcome it.'
Benn stresses that science is now the responsibility of a very powerful government department. 'There is a common view that science is the key to getting out of this recession,' he says. 'I think there will be a greater appreciation of all the sciences, chemistry included, and science's role in doing just that.'
Sarah Houlton


Ugh… I dread having to write this post. Yep – I'm having one big weight loss set back. It happens. I'm sure we all have those set backs in our weight loss journey.
Last week I was in LA for a Disney Press Trip. I had a TON of fun, interviewed some amazing people, screened some amazing movies and even spent the day at Disneyland! Let's just say, I'm pretty exhausted.
I packed my Medifast Meals but it's not always easy to eat on plan when you're away from home. Especially not when you're being served amazing foods. I tried to fit in my Medifast Meals. Even packed them in my bag…but it just did not happen much.
When weight loss set backs happen, what do you do to turn it around?
Well first step is just simply get back on plan. Not as simple as that but you start over, start fresh. And then forgive yourself. Weight loss set backs happen. We're human. We can get back on track, just need to start.
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Attention Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola: why have you not taken a simple flip-phone cell design and embellished it just a wee bit to make it into a faux Star Trek ™ communicator?
Doesn't need the touch-screen, or even a lot of 4G features. Even if it just worked as a cell phone, people would buy them just for the coillectors' value. Done well, we'd all just like using them because they'd be small and easy to carry, but have a cool factor beyond description.
It's worth licensing. Even if you never get around to making the bluetooth version chest communicator badge – which is an automatic up-sell.
And no, I wouldn't consider the Star Trek Communicator iPhone app a substitute for this physical item.
Dharma, simply put, is Nature's law. The way things are meant to be in Nature. The way water flows to its lowest point, choosing the path of least resistance, and gradually dissolves that which impedes its progress.
Describing what Karma is would be perhaps like a sack you carry with you through life. Though unlike a regular sack that can only get heavier, a Karma sack can become lighter than air, or like a balloon, lift you up when filled with more positive (light or floating) things than negative (heavy) things. How do you end up carrying things around in your Karma sack? By performing actions that break Nature's law (the Dharma concept we described earlier) you increase the heavy things. By performing actions that reinforce Nature's law, you increase the positive light things, and can even get rid of some of the negative heavy things you accumulated earlier.
So let's say, for example, that the Natural state of two people is simple co-existence – that is, they really don't affect one another, and each person lives independently. An example of negative karma would be doing something towards that person that resulted in them having a negative experience, like lying, cheating or stealing from them. A positive karma element might be helping the other person, teaching the other person, or giving something to them.
A religious element to Buddhism would be the concept of reincarnation, or living with the consequences of what you have done before in past lives, and taking into consideration that your daily actions impact the lives of your future self. But even further than that, Buddhism also takes into consideration all spiritual influences, positive and negative, of every person you have affected for ten generations before the here-and-now. For practical purposes, this prevents someone from simply rationalizing, "Okay, I'm being really bad in this life. But so what, It's mine to live? I one day die, and no one else suffers." Buddhism teaches that compassion and suffering (or positive and negative karma) is a spiritual inventory that is continuously inherited from generation to generation. To put it really simply – if your life today is really horrible, it's probably not just your own current actions that led to it being negative. You might be experiencing the result of ten generations of similarly negative lifetimes that have passed the burden on to you. Or looking at this in a strictly psychological manner, the selective experiences of your own ancestors, through parenting practices and behavioral modification, have resulted in how you tend to react to things.
So what do you do with this sack full of negatives? You start performing positive karma actions and help balance all the negatives that you're carrying. This process is what we refer to as "cutting karma" or more accurately "cutting negative karma." You might consider the beginning steps being similar to filing your taxes – you need to embrace and accept your own personal liabilities as well as assets. Being able to look into a mirror and accept what you see is an important breakthrough. Instead of immediately becoming critical and determining what you want to change (which becomes ego-centric or self-centered) accept what you see and see if you can have gratitude for what you have been given as a person.
Another critical step towards changing karma is to also respect others – do not let your own negative elements affect other people. While this is a relatively complex idea in concept, I found one of my first beginning questions about buddhist practice to be quite enlightening.
I asked, "What do buddhists do with a homeless person asking for money?" I already knew the principle of reducing your attachments to material things, like money. So it seemed sort of logical that you might just give it away to a needy person. Instead I was challenged with a different perspective: the homeless person has a heavy burden of negative karma. You add to that negative burden by reinforcing the person's behavior, like pouring gasoline to put out a fire. Does the giving of money to that person lessen your guilty feeling about not doing something for them? (showing another self-centered action) Remember, you cannot really change anything or anybody else other than yourself. The same is true of everyone else. They must want to change themselves and also take steps to make the changes happen. It's also important that helping a person does not necessarily mean making things easier for that person. Asking for a hand-out doesn't signify the person wants to change what they're doing, but asking for a job, or for some advice just might get them started on a new path. These days, when encountering someone asking for money, I'll usually suggest they do something for someone that might result in a payment, like offering to play cards, or fortune telling, or simply being a good listener, rather than relying upon someone's guilt..
I'm reminded of a simple instruction made by park rangers to tourists in Yellowstone National Park – Please do not feed the bears. Why? Is it because we would make the bears fat? Actually it's because it creates unnatural expectations. The first time a previously-fed bear comes upon a tourist unwilling to feed them, it will get angry and frustrated, and result in dangerous and unpredictable outcomes. Did you think the bear was unable or unwilling to forage for its own food? Bears that figure out that it's easier to open up a trash can, or break into a garage for its food, instead of finding and catching prey become dependent on that source. Humans are not that far from the bears in that respect.
So, you have to be very aware of your actions, especially related to how this balance of Karma works. Think carefully about how your actions can unexpectedly generate negative Karma for another person or thing. To serve others and your own self (and ancestors), one of the basic tenements of good behavior, we must also be aware of the appropriate forms that service can take without creating more negative burden in the process.
Within our sangha (or buddhist community) there are to be found Christian Buddhists, and Catholic Buddhists, Jewish Buddhists and many other forms of post-Common Era dual-belief system alignments, sometimes even Agnostic and perhaps Atheistic Buddhists. So what's the explanation for this? Or how do these belief systems co-exist?
Broadly speaking, and vastly simplified here for the purposes of discussion, most belief systems have historical development roots in three specific eras: Before Common-Era, Common-Era and Post Common-Era. Buddhism and many others were organized in the Before Common-Era period, preceding the development of the Roman Empire by about 400 years, where civilization in general marked a change towards political rule over monarchies. During these monarchies, there would have been people who were questioning why things were the way they were, much as we continue to do today. A few among those people chose to write down their thoughts on why the order of things and life existed, and what part does an individual play among the continually turning wheels of life as it marched on incessantly.
As long as the way in which you exercise these principles does not conflict with your own spiritual beliefs, there shouldn't be a conflict between them. For example, we have laws that make it illegal and punishable as a crime to kill another person. We can abide by that law, which may not part of our spiritual belief system, and still remain true to our own beliefs. Since laws and regulations are concerned with what you cannot and should not do, philosophies provide the guidance of the complimentary – what you can and should do as a person among society. Consider a philosophy as a reinforcement to what your belief system prescribes already, in a way that can be exercised and practiced each and every day, with everyone around you, whether friend, family or even strangers and enemies.
For example, from the Bible, Matthew Chapter 7 Verse 12, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." Shinnyo-en Buddhism expresses the practice principle as, "Place yourself into the other person's shoes." This applies to all actions, words and opinions that affect another person. Shakyamuni came from a wealthy family that was blind to the poverty surrounding them in their own community. That's why he felt it was important to attempt to see what the other person sees, and let that shape your actions.
Some beliefs place an emphasis on voluntary service, that is not to seek compensation for efforts provided. Buddhism emphasizes the minimization of your own ego in your actions, so you would not be performing the voluntary service with expectations of recognition for the service by others, nor being self-serving in your motivation for why you are volunteering. At the same time, there is acceptance for those unable or unwilling to volunteer their services, and simple hope that by providing an example of how to improve the world by making efforts, without concern or motivation for recognition, everyone can benefit and live in a nicer world.
Buddhism is basically a philosophy which encompasses a variety of traditions, practices and beliefs about how to make this world into an ultimately better place for everyone. Buddhism strives to create harmony amid diversity – to respect and appreciate differences in others, and accept that as the way things are in Nature. These actions become a way of living, and whether that is defined as a religion or philosophy is simply a matter of definitions.
Besides the basic requirements to create some kind of recorded audio file (WAV/MP3), you'll need a place on the web to share the file. It would have to be preferrably a regular public filesharing point because you don't want search engines to miss your uploads because authentication (login) is required to access the file (the search engines can read the MP3 Tag information and add it to the search keywords to find your podcast).
WordPress provides this as an add-on annual fee for the extra storage required – video requires one additional fee, as well. If you're self-hosting a web site or your blog, you can probably already just store the podcasts in your existing "Media" Library folder.
For audio quality, I use a number of different recording techniques depending on what location I happen to be during production. The highest sonic quality used for recording the intro and outro mix segments of my podcasts come from a high-quality large diaphrame condenser microphone (Audio-Technica AT4050) at close range with a pop screen.
For remote recording in quiet surroundings, I have been using a binaural microphone set from Sound Professionals MS-TFB-2 – these intra-ear microphones are good to use in situations where you want to capture exactly what your own ears are hearing (and will record your voice through your own bone structure, as well).
Most recently, I've been experimenting with an Andrea Electronics SB-205B (Ear bud with stereo "beam" microphones). When combined with the free downloadable software, they do a pretty good job of rejecting ambient noise, though there is still a less full sound to the vocal timbre even when using low-power settings for the "beam" control and noise reduction activated (without the noise reduction, they will pick up all your ambient noise quite well).
Recording and actual post-production is using open-source Audacity, which has easy-to-use plugins for Noise Reduction, a reasonable Compressor (equalizes volume and peaks), and a Normalizer (for setting the overall peak volumes to standard zero decibel (0db) levels). Occassionally, I use the Echo filter to add ambience to a segment. Audacity can produce the final MP3 with all of the text tag fields completed, but you'll need an MP3 tag editor to add the associated graphic icon that is used by many mobile Podcast players and iTunes. Otherwise , you'll always see a generic Avatar icon next to your podcasts. Also, don't forget to upload this to the same Media Library section of your blog, and set it as the Featured Image of your podcast blog posting. This step will assist in maintaining a consistent image for search engines and iTunes album art purposes.
For this site, I'm using the native WordPress plugin support for Audio files – you just insert a plain string into your post, and it produces a small Java player instead of the string – "<left bracket> audio http://pathname/filename.mp3 <rt bracket>" I include a direct-link to the MP3 file as well, which allows search engines to read the tags.
[Addendum 23-May-2012] Noting ADA-compliance would be useful, I have added the text transcripts of my audio podcasts to the blog posts. Thanks to http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcast-video-transcripts/ for pointing out the benefits.
One of the key ideas in the Nirvana Sutra, the principal sutra of Shinnyo-en, is that all living beings possess buddha nature. This means that all sentient beings are naturally endowed with the qualities of a buddha; all people possess the potential to become spiritually "awake" or enlightened. The sutras teach that this universal potential to attain buddhahood lies buried deep in the heart and mind of each individual. Forgetting about this inner treasure can result in personal unease, discontent, and dissatisfaction with life, as well as suffering or pain for oneself and others. Our naturally awakened nature can be overshadowed by ignorance, which leads to greed, anger, and other negative emotions that can result in wrongful deeds or actions (also known as negative karma) that cause oneself or others to suffer.
There was once a poor woman who lived in a continual state of struggle and poverty, unaware that gold was hidden in her house. One day a visitor happened by, told her exactly where the gold was, and dug it up. Although at first the woman found it impossible to believe the visitor, when she saw the gold she was overjoyed and felt deeply grateful.
Just as the woman in the story was completely unaware of the treasure buried inside her own house, many people do not realize that they have a buddha nature, or the potential for enlightenment, within themselves. We should each strive to make our inner goodness apparent. This becomes possible by learning to act with kindness and wisdom and letting go of anger, jealousy, and other attachments—the principal causes of human suffering.
If you think about it, many times you feel unhappy when you can't get what you think you want. But what if you changed what it is that you want? Maybe you already have, what you really want, and everything else is simple envy. A thoughtful concept related to anger was once said as, "offense is not offered, but yours to take." That is, your perception as to whether something is good, bad or otherwise, is yours to control and change. By modifying your perceptions and judgements, you change the way you perceive the world. It's a very powerful thing you have, isn't it? It's the ability to change yourself that results in change around you.
Meditation on such points and simple, consistent practice allows one to gradually recognize and experience the radiant buddha nature within ourselves and others. Forgiving both yourself and others for mistakes and learning to judge less and observe more. Through mutual and equal respect for for the innate goodness in each person, we can begin to realize the harmony amid diversity that creates a better world for all of us.


Oooh, the face wash sounds amazing!! Thanks for sharing with us!
I truly did like it a lot! Thanks for stopping by!
May I ask you (I hope you don't mind love), prior to washing your face, you don't remove your makeup with a wipe first? I discovered that removing the makeup with a facial or baby wipe first prior to washing helps clean the face very well! Before I realized to do that, I use to go straight into washing my face and would get grossed out by what I find on my cleansing brush lol.
I haven't heard of this brand. Sounds really good.


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Q: Difference between various cost estimation tools in AWS These topics are pretty confusing and different sites have different answers for them.
Can somebody please explain how these below options are used?
Which service should be used to estimate the costs of running a new project on AWS?

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*AWS TCO Calculator

*AWS Simple Monthly Calculator

*AWS Cost Explorer API

*AWS Budgets

A: AWS Simple Monthly Calculator is an easy-to-use online tool that enables you to estimate the monthly cost of AWS services for your use case based on your expected usage. It helps you estimate your monthly AWS bill more efficiently.
AWS Cost Explorer is used to explore and analyze your historical spend and usage.
The AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator, unlike the previous two tools, has a specific purpose: It is used to compare the cost of your on-premises environment to the cost of an AWS environment. Not only does it allow you to calculate the various cost savings you'll experience when moving to the cloud, it also provides detailed reports that can be used for presentation purposes.
AWS Budgets allows you to monitor your cloud costs and usage, as well as utilization and coverage for your purchased Savings Plans and Reserved Instances. You can receive notifications when costs and usage exceed (or are forecasted to exceed) your budgeted thresholds, and/or when your utilization or coverage falls under your target thresholds.

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A medicinal lotion that contains the moisturizing ingredient peach leaf extract. Prevents heat rash and rough skin. Can be used by everyone from babies to adults and any time of year.
・Do not use if this disagrees with your skin or on areas with an abnormality such as a wound or eczema.
・Should you observe an abnormality such as redness, swelling, itchiness or irritation during use, discontinue use and consult a dermatologist.
・Should this get in your eyes, rinse immediately with clean water.


Marriage 1920 Florence was married to Albert A Alcorn in 1920 at Wickham, NSW, AustraliaG.
Marriage 16 April 1974 Florence was married to Norman James, son of Cecil Harcourt James and Mabel Cartwright, on Tuesday, 16 April 1974.
Married Name Her married name was Alcorn.
This is based on a marriege record between Albert Alcorn and Florence Burley.
Marriage 1920 Albert A was married to Florence Burley in 1920 at Wickham, NSW, AustraliaG.
Birth 7 October 1961 Stephen Alcorn was born on Saturday, 7 October 1961.
He was the son of Unknown Alcorn.
Death 4 February 1980 Stephen Alcorn died on Monday, 4 February 1980 at age 18.
Birth 28 June 1883 Annie Minnie Harris was born on Thursday, 28 June 1883 at Cullinga, NSW, AustraliaG.
Marriage 8 January 1916 Annie Minnie was married to Herbert John Loiterton, son of John Loiterton and Mary Ann Guymer, on Saturday, 8 January 1916 at Cootamundra, NSW, AustraliaG.
Married Name 1916 As of 8 January 1916, her married name was Loiterton.
Birth 27 November 1916 Reginald Herbert Loiterton was born on Monday, 27 November 1916 at Cootamundra, NSW, AustraliaG.
Death 1916 He died in 1916 at Cootamundra, NSWG.
End-Line Reginald Herbert Loiterton has no known descendants.


The ladies at Looking Good Alterations in Dunedin were brilliant with mine, and superfast. I just needed my wedding dress shortened, despite buying it on Trademe it fitted like a glove otherwise. I also had a bridesmaid dress for another wedding altered there, that was pretty tricky but they did a great job. I would recommend them.
My initial experience with House of Kavina wasn't that great. I went in with my Bridesmaids quite excited as it was my first Wedding dress shop experience. The assistant Lyn informed us that they were very busy and without an appointment we couldn't look at dresses. We felt a bit silly like we had been told off (!) but scheduled an appointment for later that day. We were the last appointment of the day and it was a little was a bit disappointing as we felt like we were a bit of a burden. At one point said she hadn't had a break all day and couldn't do up the dresses the whole way as her hands were sore... We offered her to have a rest but then one of the bridesmaids joked "and she hasn't even got the ring yet, imagine what a bridezilla she will be when she gets fitted then" which was funny for us as obviously not true but perhaps the last straw for Lyn!
Anyway, I just think perhaps she shouldn't have scheduled us and we would have been better off coming back another day as she was a bit reluctant to provide me with the type of dress I wanted (I had a picture) and kept showing me dresses that were a different style. This was ok as I did need to see how they looked but after 4 it was annoying. That said, I did find my dream dress and ended up going back and buying it a week later but that was after going to 2 other stores and getting amazing service but they couldn't match the dress. This was in April 2013.
So, yesterday (30th October) I went back for my fitting and had a completely different experience. At one stage I had 3 ladies helping me with the fitting and they were all amazing. The alterations were done within hours, they deducted the price of a sash from the fitting because I decided I didn't like as much as when I bought it in May, they were professional and just lovely. Thank you very much Hilary and the rest of the team who did a brilliant job altering my dress.
I made a trip from Invercargill to Dunedin to buy my wedding dress. Had visited one other boutique before house of Kavina. I was with my Bridemaids. We weren't informed of the charge on trying on dresses until the half way through. Wasn't really convinced on my dress but could till that Lyn was ready to go home. She wasn't listening to what I was looking for. Even the dress maker out back come out to see what was happening and could tell I wasn't liking any of the dresses she was putting me in. Told Lyn she wasn't listening to me. Rushed me into buying my dress cause they were closing. Wasn't told about refund policy. Have now got another dress which I love and HOK wont return. When rang to return I was informed of refund policy and that I would've seen it in contract. I didn't have a contract. I wouldn't recommend Lyn.


Sunset in Fort Lauderdale - A view from my room!
As promised, here is the second part of the mini-travel video docu-series I put together for AT&T that documented our road trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for She Streams Conference and the conference itself. Watch the video and see if you can identify some familiar faces!


I was very grateful to receive "inni" by Sigur Ros on both CD and DVD for a Christmas present. The recording is amazing... it reminds me of when I saw them live in Glasgow a few years back.
What's more... the way the film has been shot... in very grainy black and white... is very much in keeping with my current photographic aesthetic. It's simply a wonder to behold.
Recommended... especially if you are a Sigur Ros fan.
January 2012's calendar / wallpaper is of snow melting... a fitting reminder that as the seasons change so do our hardships... this is not Narnia under the rule of White Witch... Christmas has come and gone... and so too winter, darkness and any troubles we may have.
I've stripped back the flavours slightly... if you are looking for 1024x768 then go for 1600x1200 and if you are looking for 1280x800 then go for 1920x1200.
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone who reads the ol' nanolog a very merry, happy and light-filled Christmas. I hope your dreams come true and you experience a sense of true joy in the company of those most dear to you.
Christmas, for me, is a time to celebrate... for the dark has been defeated by the light.
This is the time when I reflect on the coming of God to earth as a baby boy... and the light He brought into this dark world.
My sincere thanks to all the musicians, artists, designers, writers, theologians, thinkers, bloggers, philosophers, gamer-makers and cooks who have brought light and joy into my world in 2011.
I count it a privilege to walk along side you.
PS... as a wee present... folks with iPhones and iPod Touches can download the above image here.
On Tuesday I featured the video to The Eternal Twilight's Another Quiet Morning... and I'm proud to feature their video for Another Quiet Afternoon... again filmed by Will Faulkner and taken from their upcoming EP called "Another Quiet Day".
I love it... and am so eager to hear the EP. Well done Noor and Abbas!
The Eternal Twilight - Another Quiet Morning : October, Hills & You (Official Music Video) from Noor Kadiwala on Vimeo.
Will produced two music videos for the EP and even album art. Each track also has its unique corresponding image/art which is included in download. Musically, "Another Quiet Day" features multiple range of soundscapes mixed with field recordings, from complex delayed and echoed Guitar Textures Loops to Resonating and Hypnotic atmospherics with samples of Acoustic Guitar Bowed to Guitar Swells to Ethereal Wall of Sound. The sound on this EP is somewhat departure from their debut and here, they put more focus on carefully crafted complex floating and droning ambient textures. The influences are very obvious ranging from likes of Hammock, Rhian Sheehan, Riceboy Sleeps, Umber and so forth. While other non musical influence include, otherworldly beauty of the mighty Himalayas, Nature and lot more.
What's more... I see Tom from Good Weather for an Airstrike has remixed one of the bonus tracks on the EP. I can't wait.
I found this video fascinating when I watched it earlier. It presents a great song from DJ Shadow's new album.
In my ongoing quest to find awesome Christmas music... I thought I'd share with you these albums, all of which help to make my Advent a joyous time.
I consider the five EPs that Sufjan Stevens wrote as "songs for Christmas" to be very precious indeed... they really make for a folky, homely and low-key Christmas where participation is more important that what you bring. I like that ideal, expressed through the songs, and recommend this collection to anyone who hasn't already got it.
Jethro Tull are a pretty new discovery for me... and their Christmas album is a wonderful addition to my collection. It is a vibrant and joyously merry affair with plenty of prog-tastic flutes and folky instrumentation. It makes me happy and fills me with cheer.
"Silent Night" by Timbre is another recent discovery for me. Her vocals and minimal harp playing is simply breathtaking. There is a haunting, ethereal quality to this recording that brings to mind a sense of the timeless magic and wonder of Christmas.
"A very She & Him Christmas" is a wonderfully kitschy collection of popular Christmas songs. Zooey Deschanel's vocals and M.Ward's instrumentation just work perfectly with these songs... to create something really festive and fun. They are my Rat Pack crooners this year.
Blackmore's Night are a folky / prog rock duo - Ritchie Blackmore on guitar and Candice Night on vocals and instrumentation - whose album "Winder Carols" is truly are great find. They sing carols with gusto... and bring a traditional element to their presentation. This is one of my essential albums during Advent... especially their version of "O Come Emmanuel".
Caleb and the Carolling Caravan have two Christmas albums out on Bandcamp which I recently discovered and have soaked up ever since. Their sound is very similar to Sufjan Stevens... very folky and low-key... and it is, as such, a welcome addition to my collection. Their version of "as the deer", for example, is so heartfelt and meaningful and takes a simple hymn and makes it fit for Christmas. I like that.
Continuing in a progressive rock theme comes the trilogy of Christmas albums from Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Whilst not to everyone's taste... I find their rock-operas fascinating and comical in almost equal measure. They fill me with cheer and that's a good thing.
There is something about Christmas that brings out the kitsch in me... and "Christmas Harmonies" by the Beach Boys fits that bill nicely. Their presentation of very 'pop' Christmas songs is first class... and simply pure festive fun. Recommended if carols aren't your thing and your sick of the Rat Pack.
"Christmas Praise" by Olly's band - the Bellshill Salvation Army Band - is a lovely, heartwarming collection of carols and festive music with a wee vocal solo from Olly herself thrown in for good measure. Well recommended if brass music is either your passion or you want something completely different.
"Advent Songs" by Sojourn is a powerful collection of carols and songs for Advent in an alt-rock setting. The instrumentation really brings some familiar songs into a new light... and I love this album for that. Well recommended.
That's me for another year... I haven't had a chance to check out the recommendations that were sent through when I posted the first part of this brief series. I will.
Anyway... please check out the artists above and support great music where you can (especially the independent artists).
I think I am obsessed with the goodies that come from Uddingston bearing the name of Thomas Tunnock... but then I am not the only one.
Both Pippin and I would be happy to endorse Tunnock's confectionary... and yes, I know this is meant to be an "ad-free blog".
Tunnock's is a local, family-run business who do a tremendous amount for their local community... and they make awesomeness and wrap it in shiny wrappers.


One of my fellow Omag Insiders, Rachel Simmonds, runs an awesome interview feature on her blog that spotlights one of us weekly, and I'm excited to have collaborated for this week's Q&A!
Check out the feature here to discover what makes me proud, what I'm known for, what inspires me, the thing about myself that most people don't know — and so much more!
Rachel also included a nice slideshow of vintage photos from my RCMH Rockettes and print modelling days like the one in the header and below! Enjoy!
Next PostNext Little Luxuries: Pandora Jewelry x The Rockettes!


Instructors Manual Canadian Forces Video of loading and firing drill for Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle Video of a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle being fired Download 84mm Carl Gustav Manual. 84mm Carl Gustav Manual. The Carl Gustav was developed by Hugo Abramson and Harald Jentzen at the Royal Swedish Arms Administration (KAFT) and produced at Carl Gustav Stads Gevrsfaktori from where it derives its name. The weapon was first introduced into Swedish service in 1. renamed Short Range AntiArmour Weapon (Medium) as a consequence of the introduction of the Short Range AntiArmour Weapon (Heavy) ERYX which carries a heavier explosive charge Carl Gustav M3 System General Use of 25 Metre Ranges and Indoor Training General CHAPTER 5 RANGE PRACTICES Introduction Aim (2) M3 84mm Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle.
The 84mm, M3 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle is lightweight and maneuverable with great penetrating power, making it a very useful weapon during urban combat. The MultiRole AntiArmor AntiPersonnel Weapon System (MAAWS) consists of the M3 Carl Gustaf Rifle and a family of 84mm ammunition. Originally fielded to the US Ranger in 1990, the program has grown to include NAVY Seals. The family of ammunition The new CarlGustaf M4 is a manportable multirole weapon system that provides high tactical flexibility through its wide range of ammunition types.
Since 1948, CarlGustaf has been supporting The CarlGustaf systems combat flexibility comes from its range of specialised ammunition. NSN: Recoilless Rifle, 84mm, M3, Carl Gustaf (NSN NIIN ) The M3 Multirole Antiarmor Antitank Weapon System (MAAWS) is the U. S. military designation for the Carl Gustaf M3 recoilless rifle.
It is primarily used by United States Special Operations Command such as the Army Rangers, Army Special Forces, Marine Raiders, Navy SEALs, and JSOC operators. The M3 Carl Gustav system is the principal platoon antiarmour gun because of its light weight. It has the ability to withstand arctic, tropic and desert conditions, see Instructor Notes.
11. Aug 06, 2011 The Carl Gustav M45 is known by several names, including Kulsprutepistol m45 (Kpist m45), the Swedish K SMG and even the US made copy called the Smith& Wesson M76. launcher variant of the 84 mm Carl Gustafseries multirole recoilless rifle the M4 which is currently in While the standard launcher sight is the same telescopic sight with a manual The system is a nondevelopmental item consisting of the Carl Gustav M3 (also written Carl Gustaf) reusable recoilless riflelauncher compatible with standard optical devices and other accessories.


Molly Jane is a super 14.2hh Irish coloured mare, she simply is the best! Whether you want to gallop across the beautiful countryside, or do a beautiful round of show jumps Molly Jane is the horse! She has been out hunting this season and proven to be very genuine! She is always a favourite during pony camp as she is a real all rounder! MollyJane has done many trail rides and was a superstar at the Country Treks show. If you are nervous or competent she will adjust to any rider!


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Q: Angular 2 - How to get possible siblings of activated route? I am trying to build a service which takes the ActivatedRoute and goes through all configurations of it's sibling routes, too.
I know how to access the children of an ActivatedRoute, but how to get those childrens siblings?
For example:
Routing:
[{
 path: 'path1',
 component: Path1Component,
 children: [{
       path: 'path2',
       component: Path2Component,
       data: {somekey: 'somedata'}
    },
    {
       path: 'path3',
       component: Path3Component,
       data: {somekey: 'someotherdata'}
    }]
}]

If my ActivatedRoute would contain (or point to) path3, how to get the data contained in path 2?
Is there a way?

A: you can get it using router.config,
so in your component where you want to check data for other routes,
constructor(private router: Router){
     console.log(router.config);
}

you will have to dig path in the object and get data.
Now do note that this configuration changes as and when lazy loaded module gets loaded and you won't be able to get data for lazy loaded routes until they are loaded.

A: There is a way to do it, you can access the route's parent and then the parent's children, which will also contain your current route. Like this:
this.route.parent.children

A: This is how you do it:
this.route.parent.routeConfig.children


Stronger domestic economic growth caused by the transfer of jobs from Mexico (or Canada or China) if trade agreements are cancelled or new tariffs announced. Such new growth may be very good for small cap stocks and domestic producers, and very bad for offshore manufacturers.
Higher domestic inflation caused by the transfer of sourcing from cheaper suppliers in Mexico to local US producers. The scale of this issue is very hard to ascertain. Will all of NAFTA be cancelled outright or will there just be Mexican tariffs to (say) pay for a wall. The impact would normally be limited because sellers don't want to risk loss of market-share by having big price hikes.
The first test we need to pass to be sure that the gauges will continue to work, is – the (short term) correlation between stocks and bonds must remain negative. It was easy to imagine a world where tariffs both hurt profits and elevated inflation. If that was the markets' belief, then both would rise and fall together. Bonds would lose their safety role. So far that has NOT been true.
The second test is to see if bonds stay connected to oil, stocks, utility prices and currency movements. Initially they should under-perform vis a vis their "normal" inputs. After a quick adjustment, they should resume their normal behavior. I don't believe markets are slow to figure such things out. They may well hit another period of uncertainty next year as we begin to see how extreme Trump's trade policies are. We need to see a period of "normalcy" after the initial shock or yield adjustment. We can measure this by looking at their negative beta verses the S&P. If that stabilizes and moves in proportion to historical volatility then we'll be ready to switch everything back on.
In the meantime , we must be wary of very high (bond) gauge readings with such a scary new factor now in the offing. I would recommend an RP weighting more in favor of stocks than volatility implies since they seem to have adjusted to the tariff story rather quickly. One might even want to substitute Russell 2000 contracts for ES.
The changing beta of bonds tells us this is not just a simple story of stock market excitement over a Republican unified government.


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A Mother's 15 Year Struggle To Get Life Saving Care For Her Daughter
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Tashea Jernigan gets blood transfusions every three weeks because she has sickle cell disease and it prevents her from having another stroke. (Emily Forman/Side Effects Public Media)
Tamitria Jernigan takes her daughter Tashea to the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent's in Indianapolis every three weeks for a blood transfusion. Tashea has a blood disorder known as sickle cell disease and it caused her to have a stroke when she was two years old. The regular blood transfusions prevent her from having another one.
The trouble is when Tashea had the stroke, she was in Indiana's Lake County, a place where few medical providers know how to handle sickle cell disease. A doctor from Indianapolis now visits the region a few times a year to fill the gaps but that care came too late for Jernigan and her daughter.
These days just leaving the house is a heroic feat because Tashea is wheelchair bound. Jernigan has to lift Tashea out of her bed into her wheelchair and from the wheelchair to the car. Tashea is only 42 pounds but it still takes a toll on Jernigan's arthritic knees.
They moved to Indianapolis from Lake County eight months ago for Tashea's health. Jernigan followed her oldest daughter who recently started college at Purdue University in Indianapolis. But the move meant leaving behind two teenage daughters because of a custody battle. She still hopes to bring them to Indianapolis one day but she couldn't risk Tashea's health any longer. Tashea almost died twice because she wasn't getting proper care in Lake County.
Tamitria Jernigan moved her family to Indianapolis for her daughter's health. (Emily Forman/Side Effects Public Media)
"And once we got here doctors appointments was just was falling in our lap," said Jernigan. Although she was homesick, Jernigan said she was happy to be in Indianapolis, "because she (Tashea) was being neglected for so so so many years on her health."
Jernigan said she gave up on Lake County hospitals after they didn't have blood ready for one of Tashea's scheduled transfusions. Jernigan said her daughter can't afford to miss a transfusion and risk another stroke because she might not survive.
For years, Jernigan took Tashea to Illinois for sickle cell treatment. A lot of families in Lake County do this because the care is better. But Tashea needed more than sickle cell care. She needed specialists to help her breathe, to help her gain weight and to make sure her medications didn't damage her organs.
Jernigan said there was a cap on how much of Tashea's medical care her Indiana insurance would cover out-of-state. Finally her doctor in Illinois told her she needed to move - either to Illinois or Indianapolis.
Jernigan chose Indianapolis to be close to her oldest daughter. Jernigan said she has already seen results "she has not been hospitalized not once in eight months we've been here." She said she posted the good news on her Facebook page, "because she was going to the hospital every month when we was up in Lake."
Tashea Jernigan gets blood transfusions at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St Vincent's in Indianapolis. (Emily Forman/Side Effects Public Media)
Jernigan cobbled together Tashea's care for nearly 15 years. She said she had no idea there were specialists that could help her daughter two hours south in Indianapolis, and the Lake County doctors never mentioned it. The out-of-state doctors made the referral.
"She never had a neurologist, a pulmonologist. She never had none of this," said Jernigan.
Tashea can't talk. She can't move. It's because of the stroke she had when she was two years old. Jernigan remembers taking her daughter to the ER because she couldn't breathe. She got worse and the doctors sent Tashea to an Illinois hospital.
Jernigan said goodbye to her daughter before she went home to get some rest. "She's like bye mom," Jernigan said those were her daughter's last words.
The next day Jernigan learned Tashea had had a stroke. Jernigan said the doctors told her, "she had the mentality of a newborn," and that she'd never be the same.
Doctor Emily Meier is Tashea's hematologist in Indianapolis now. "It's a sad case because we don't see very many kids like that anymore." She said Tashea's case used to be the norm with children who have sickle cell disease. But treatment has improved over time. Now doctors start kids on a medication to prevent stroke earlier.
Jernigan knows things are different but she said she still beats herself up. "I tell the doctors I wish I had of came here before now," she said, remembering her daredevil daughter at two, pre-stroke. She used to ride her toy bike down the stairs, gobble pancakes and listen to her favorite song Get Low by Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz.
After the blood transfusion, Tamitria Jernigan and her daughter get ready to leave the hospital. (Emily Forman/Side Effects Public Media)
Meanwhile, Jernigan will soon find out if surgery can help straighten her daughter's spine. After 15 years of dealing with Tashea's health issues, Jernigan has discovered an entire world of new medical options for her daughter and a new life for herself. In fact Jernigan's started to date after a nine year hiatus and she's on the search for a Bruce Willis type. "That is my future husband," she laughed.
This story was produced by Side Effects Public Media, a news collaborative covering public health.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using Random = UnityEngine.Random;

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour {
    public static GameManager Instance;

    [Range(0f, 2f)] public int KeyBoardPlayers = 2;
    [Range(0f, 2f)] public int ControllerPlayers;

    public Color ColorPlayer1 = Color.red;
    public Color ColorPlayer2 = Color.blue;
    public Color ColorPlayer3 = Color.yellow;
    public Color ColorPlayer4 = Color.green;

    public Vector3 SpawnPoint1 = new Vector3(-5, 0, 0);
    public Vector3 SpawnPoint2 = new Vector3(5, 0, 0);
    public Vector3 SpawnPoint3 = new Vector3(0, 3, 0);
    public Vector3 SpawnPoint4 = new Vector3(0, -3, 0);

    public GameObject PlayerPrefab;
    public GameObject PlayerStatsUiPrefab;
    public GameObject[] PowerUpPrefabs;

    private readonly List<Color> _playerColors = new List<Color>();
    private readonly List<Vector2> _playerUiAnchors = new List<Vector2>();
    private readonly List<Vector3> _playerSpawnPoints = new List<Vector3>();

    private readonly List<GameObject> _players = new List<GameObject>();
    private readonly Dictionary<GameObject, Text> _playerStatsUis = new Dictionary<GameObject, Text>();

    private bool _gameOver;
    private GameObject _canvas;
    private GameObject _gameOverText;

    void Awake() {
        if (Instance == null) {
            Instance = this;
        } else if (Instance != this) {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }

    void Start() {
        _canvas = GameObject.Find("Canvas");
        AddColorsAndAnchorsToList();
        CreatePlayers();

        //Find the game over text
        _gameOverText = GameObject.Find("GameOverText");
        _gameOverText.SetActive(false);

        InvokeRepeating("SpawnPowerUps", 2.0f, 2.0f);
    }

    private int GetKeyboardPlayers() {
        try {
            return MainMenuManager.Instance.KeyboardPlayers;
        } catch (NullReferenceException) {
            return KeyBoardPlayers;
        }
    }

    private int GetControllerPlayers() {
        try {
            return MainMenuManager.Instance.ControllerPlayers;
        } catch (NullReferenceException) {
            return ControllerPlayers;
        }
    }

    private void CreatePlayers() {
        int currentPlayerIndex = 1;
        for (int keyboardPlayers = 1; keyboardPlayers <= GetKeyboardPlayers(); keyboardPlayers++) {
            CreateHumanPlayer(currentPlayerIndex, "HorizontalKeyboard" + keyboardPlayers,
                "VerticalKeyboard" + keyboardPlayers,
                "FireKeyboard" + keyboardPlayers, "RotateTurretKeyboard" + keyboardPlayers);
            currentPlayerIndex++;
        }
        for (int controllerPlayers = 1; controllerPlayers <= GetControllerPlayers(); controllerPlayers++) {
            CreateHumanPlayer(currentPlayerIndex, "HorizontalController" + controllerPlayers,
                "VerticalController" + controllerPlayers,
                "FireController" + controllerPlayers, "RotateTurretController" + controllerPlayers);
            currentPlayerIndex++;
        }
    }

    private void AddColorsAndAnchorsToList() {
        _playerColors.Add(ColorPlayer1);
        _playerColors.Add(ColorPlayer2);
        _playerColors.Add(ColorPlayer3);
        _playerColors.Add(ColorPlayer4);
        _playerUiAnchors.Add(new Vector2(0, 1));
        _playerUiAnchors.Add(new Vector2(1, 1));
        _playerUiAnchors.Add(new Vector2(0, 0));
        _playerUiAnchors.Add(new Vector2(1, 0));
        _playerSpawnPoints.Add(SpawnPoint1);
        _playerSpawnPoints.Add(SpawnPoint2);
        _playerSpawnPoints.Add(SpawnPoint3);
        _playerSpawnPoints.Add(SpawnPoint4);
    }

    private void CreateHumanPlayer(int playerNumber, string horizontalAxis, string verticalAxis,
        string fireInput, string rotateTurretAxis) {
        GameObject player = Instantiate(PlayerPrefab, _playerSpawnPoints[playerNumber - 1], Quaternion.identity);
        player.name = "Player " + playerNumber + " Tank";
        player.GetComponent<HumanTankMovement>().SetAxis(horizontalAxis, verticalAxis);
        player.GetComponent<HumanTankShooting>().SetFireInput(fireInput, rotateTurretAxis);
        _players.Add((player));

        CreatePlayerStatsUi(_players.Count, player);
    }

    private void CreatePlayerStatsUi(int playerNumber, GameObject player) {
        GameObject playerStatsUi = Instantiate(PlayerStatsUiPrefab, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity);
        playerStatsUi.transform.SetParent(_canvas.transform);

        playerStatsUi.GetComponent<RectTransform>().anchorMin = _playerUiAnchors[playerNumber - 1];
        playerStatsUi.GetComponent<RectTransform>().anchorMax = _playerUiAnchors[playerNumber - 1];
        playerStatsUi.GetComponent<RectTransform>().pivot = _playerUiAnchors[playerNumber - 1];

        playerStatsUi.GetComponent<RectTransform>().localScale = Vector3.one;
        playerStatsUi.GetComponent<RectTransform>().anchoredPosition = Vector3.zero;

        playerStatsUi.GetComponent<Text>().color = _playerColors[playerNumber - 1];
        player.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().color = _playerColors[playerNumber - 1];
        _playerStatsUis.Add(player, playerStatsUi.GetComponent<Text>());
    }

    public void RemovePlayer(GameObject player) {
        _players.Remove(player);
        Destroy(_playerStatsUis[player].gameObject);
    }

    void Update() {
        SetStatsUIs();
        CheckGameOver();

        // If gameOver, activate text and load MainMenu after 2 seconds
        if (_gameOver) {
            _gameOverText.GetComponent<Text>().text = "" + _players[0].name + " WINS!";
            _gameOverText.SetActive(true);
            Invoke("LoadMainMenu", 2f);
        }
    }

    void CheckGameOver() {
        _gameOver = (_players.Count == 1);
    }

    void SetStatsUIs() {
        foreach (KeyValuePair<GameObject, Text> playerStatsUI in _playerStatsUis) {
            if (playerStatsUI.Key != null) {
                TankHealth healthScript = playerStatsUI.Key.GetComponent<TankHealth>();
                TankStats statsScript = playerStatsUI.Key.GetComponent<TankStats>();
                playerStatsUI.Value.text =
                    playerStatsUI.Key.gameObject.name + "\n" +
                    "HP: " + healthScript.CurrentHealth + "/" + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.MaxHealth) + "\n" +
                    "Armor: " + healthScript.CurrentArmor + "\n" +
                    "FR: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.FireRate) + "\n" +
                    "DMG: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.ProjectileDamage) + "\n" +
                    "Size: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.ProjectileSize) + "\n" +
                    "PVel: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.ProjectileVelocity) + "\n" +
                    "Range: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.ProjectileRange) + "\n" +
                    "MS: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.MovementSpeed) + "\n" +
                    "MRS: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.MovementRotationSpeed) + "\n" +
                    "TRS: " + statsScript.GetStat(StatType.TurretRotationSpeed) + "\n";
            }
        }
    }

    private void LoadMainMenu() {
        SceneManager.LoadScene("MainMenu");
    }

    private void SpawnPowerUps() {
        if (PowerUpPrefabs.Length > 0) {
            int maxX = 12;
            int maxY = 7;
            float posX = Random.Range(0, maxX) - (maxX / 2);
            float posY = Random.Range(0, maxY) - (maxY / 2);
            Instantiate(PowerUpPrefabs[Random.Range(0, PowerUpPrefabs.Length)], new Vector3(posX, posY, 0),
                Quaternion.identity);
        }
    }
}

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We have recently changed our school uniform to incorporate a school tie. These are worn with white shirts and V-neck jumpers. This ensures our wonderful children stand out in the local community. We are extremely proud of how smart they look and they all wear their uniform with pride.
Please ensure that every item is clearly labelled with your child's name in.
Black sensible shoes (not trainers).
Plain black bottoms, leggings or jogging bottoms in the Winter.
We no longer stock school cardigans and jumpers on site.
We do have ties, water bottles and book bags, but all cardigans and jumpers need to be bought from the Brigade website. Click here to be re-directed to their website.
Scroll down to where it says New customer.
Choose our school (make sure it's Coventry) from the drop down menu.
You can then order what you need.
Please be aware that it can take up to 14 days for delivery.
Please ensure ALL uniform items are clearly labelled with your child's name. It is easier to return it to its rightful owner if mislaid.
If you would like to look at a price list, please click here.
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Q: Drawing a segment with dashes I need to draw an horizontal segment with dashes on it for a doc I'm writing.
I need to subdivide the segment length this way: given l, then length of the segment and n the fraction of the remaining length at each step, the first dash should be at first=l/n from the left, the second at 1/n + (l-first)/n and so on (until the division returns a number less than one)
What tool could I use to draw this automatically, without using a programming language?
Or... what script could do this?
I need and image in png/jpg as the final result.

A: if you need to do it programmitically, then maybe Logo programming language is your tool. it can also be done rather easily with LATEX and TikZ package, in this case you can consult with the TEX-LATEX site, also have a look at library for image creation, all the answers there link to usefull resources, which could be a bit overkill for what you need, but will work. if it's not have to be done programmiticaly, you can just create the image with Gimp or InkScape, though if you need to create many such dashed lines, it would be better to automate the process, and i don't know if these tools has batch action capability like photoshop.


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Leinsterleader
Kildare dog owner warning after attack by muzzled dog
Alsatian attack lasted for two to three seconds
Henry Bauress
henry.bauress@leinsterleader.ie
Ringo after being stitched up
A Newbridge dog lover has advised dog owners about checking muzzles after his pet dog, Ringo, was attacked by an alsatian dog at the Liffey Park recently.
Tim Sheehy, a resident of Newbridge for 20 years, had to take his 11 year old dog, a quiet Norfolk terrier to a veterinary surgeon, after Ringo was attacked by an alsatian, which was muzzled, on January 6 last.
He is concerned about the alsatian who attacked the terrier.
Mr Sheehy was walking Ringo, who was on a lead, along the Liffey river park on Monday night, January 5, between 7.00pm and 7.30pm.
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They had gone into the park from the Liffey Hall end.
They were approached by a man with an alsatian, which was on a lead and appeared to be muzzled.
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Both walkers had the dogs on the opposite side of each other. The dogs were as far away from each other as they could be.
The man with the alsatian was trying to control his dog but the dog lunged at Ringo biting him in the back.
Mr Sheehy said the man, who fell to the ground trying to hold his dog, was unable to control the animal, briefly. "In fairness to him, he continued to hold onto the dog with the lead and kept him back. If he had not done this, his dog would have killed mine."
Mr Sheehy, a retired Dublin Bus driver and instructor of bus drivers, said it looked as if the muzzle on the dog was pulled aside leading to the alsatian biting Ringo. "It took only two to three seconds," he said of the attack.
Mr Sheehy said the man got up and apologised. The man told Mr Sheehy it was a rescue dog and he had yet to get it trained.
At first Mr Sheehy did not see any cut on Ringo. It was dark.
The two men did not exchange names in the heat of the moment. "All I wanted to do was get away," he said.
But when Mr Sheehy got out of the park, he noticed a cut on his dog. When he examined it further after he got home he brought Ringo to a late night vet in Naas.
The little terrier was shaved on his back and received stitches.
Mr Sheehy paid €326 for the operation.
When he spoke to the Leader on January 8, he said he expected there would be two more trips, including for the removal of stitches.
Mr Sheehy reported the matter to the gardai in Newbridge but was unable to provide a name of the alsatian owner to them.
He said he felt that the matter should be highlighted and is concerned, in particular, about muzzles not working properly. "I don't know what would have happened if I had my grandchild with me," he said.
Mr Sheehy said that Ringo, who is currently "a bit subdued," is usually a sprightly and active 11 year old.
The dog, who is a little bit bigger than a Yorkshire terrier, is named after the Beatles drummer. "We have a number of drummers in the family," said Mr Sheehy, a native of London, UK.
Mr Sheehy said: "I would hate to see the dog put down as I am a dog lover but I am not sure about this dog (the alsatian)."
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